Urology

Da Vinci Robotic Assistance for Anterolateral Lumbar Arthrodesis: Results of a French Multicentric Study.

BACKGROUND: The da Vinci robot (DVR) is the most widely used robot in abdominal, urological, and gynecological surgery. Due to its minimally invasive approach, the DVR has demonstrated its effectiveness and improved safety in these different disciplines. The aim of our study was to report its use in an anterior approach of complex lumbar surgery.

Laypersons versus experienced surgeons in assessing simulated robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

BACKGROUND: Feedback is important for surgical trainees but it can be biased and time-consuming. We examined crowd-sourced assessment as an alternative to experienced surgeons' assessment of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP).

Application of statistical machine learning in biomarker selection.

In the recent JAVELIN Bladder 100 phase 3 trial, avelumab plus best supportive care significantly prolonged overall survival relative to best supporti...

Low PSA radiographic disease progression on C11-choline PET.

BACKGROUND: For men with prostate cancer, radiographic progression may occur without a concordant rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Our study a...

Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Prostate Treated with Frozen-Section Supported Robot-Assisted Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy.

INTRODUCTION: Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) of the prostate are extremely rare. We report on a 60-year-old man who was diagnosed with prostatic SFT t...

Development and validation of artificial intelligence models to predict urinary tract infections and secondary bloodstream infections in adult patients.

BACKGROUND: Traditional culture methods are time-consuming, making it difficult to utilize the results in the early stage of urinary tract infection (...

Re: Razdan et al.: The State of Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Operative, Functional, and Oncological Outcomes From A Robust Multi-Institution Collaborative (Urology 2023;173:92-97).

Comparison of perioperative outcomes and complications between intracorporeal, extracorporeal, and hybrid ileal conduit urinary diversion during robot-assisted radical cystectomy: a comparative propensity score-matched analysis from nationwide multi-institutional study in Japan.

BACKGROUND: To investigate the impact of different urinary diversion (UD) techniques on the peri- and postoperative complications of robot-assisted ra...

TGDAUNet: Transformer and GCNN based dual-branch attention UNet for medical image segmentation.

Accurate and automatic segmentation of medical images is a key step in clinical diagnosis and analysis. Currently, the successful application of Trans...

Assessing appropriate responses to ACR urologic imaging scenarios using ChatGPT and Bard.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has recently become a trending tool and topic regarding productivity especially with publicly available free services suc...

Development of a novel combined nomogram model integrating deep learning radiomics to diagnose IgA nephropathy clinically.

This study aimed to develop and validate a combined nomogram model based on superb microvascular imaging (SMI)-based deep learning (DL), radiomics cha...

From an On-site Program to a Mobile App for Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Lessons Learned from 5 Years of Experience, the COVID-19 Outbreak, and Comparison with Nationwide Data.

Prehabilitation programs play a key role in optimizing patient experiences and outcomes after surgery. However, there are few data on robot-assisted r...

Novel Solution for Using Neural Networks for Kidney Boundary Extraction in 2D Ultrasound Data.

: Kidney ultrasound (US) imaging is a significant imaging modality for evaluating kidney health and is essential for diagnosis, treatment, surgical in...

Laparoscopic continent cutaneous urinary diversion using a modified Yang-Monti technique in an adult: A case report including 5-year follow-up.

Continuous cutaneous urinary diversion is challenging when the appendix is physically unavailable. The Yang-Monti channel is an alternative to the tun...

Quality of life after non-nerve-sparing, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate quality of life (QOL) after non-nerve-sparing, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and factors associated with worsened...

Reduced urinary levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 activity predict acute kidney injury in critically ill patients.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 activity reflects non-classical renin-angiotensin system upregulation. We assessed the association of urinary angiote...

Deep Learning-Based Interpretable AI for Prostate T2W MRI Quality Evaluation.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Prostate MRI quality is essential in guiding prostate biopsies. However, assessment of MRI quality is subjective with variat...

Development and internal validation of a nomogram predicting 3-year chronic kidney disease upstaging following robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.

PURPOSE: Aim of the present study was to develop and validate a nomogram to accurately predict the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) upstaging at 3...

Anaphylactic Shock to Intravenous Indocyanine Green During a Robotic Right Colectomy.

Intravenous indocyanine green (IV ICG) is regarded as a safe immunofluorescence agent used to assess bowel perfusion prior to creating bowel anastomos...

Banff Digital Pathology Working Group: Image Bank, Artificial Intelligence Algorithm, and Challenge Trial Developments.

The Banff Digital Pathology Working Group (DPWG) was established with the goal to establish a digital pathology repository; develop, validate, and sha...